If you want to control the chocolate flavour of your egg cakes while baking spiced biscuits, bake them with cocoa and dark chocolate, or finish plain egg cakes with dark chocolate. Ready-made chocolate egg cakes save preparation time, but check the label if the type of chocolate or cocoa percentage matters to you.
You want to choose whether to mix cocoa into the batter or add dark chocolate. 24Kitchen’s recipe for chocolate egg cakes uses both, while Jumbo suggests finishing plain egg cakes with dark chocolate.
If baking spiced biscuits is already keeping you busy, you can use ready-made egg cakes and finish them with chocolate if you like. Jumbo describes this as a recipe tip.
Before using them, you’ll want to read the packaging for both the egg cakes and the chocolate. Albert Heijn notes that online product information about ingredients and allergens can change.
First decide how much preparation you want to do alongside baking spiced biscuits: bake egg cakes from scratch, finish ready-made ones, or buy chocolate egg cakes. Then check the ingredients on the packaging to see whether a ready-made option has the chocolate flavour you’re looking for.
Choose this if: you want to select the cocoa and chocolate yourself. 24Kitchen’s recipe uses cocoa powder and 25 g of dark chocolate.
Bear in mind: you’ll need to weigh the ingredients, make the batter and allow time for baking.
Choose this if: you don’t want to bake the egg cakes yourself, but do want to choose the dark chocolate. Jumbo suggests decorating them with melted dark chocolate.
Bear in mind: you’ll need plain egg cakes as a base, plus the extra work of melting and applying the chocolate.
Choose this if: you don’t want to bake or finish the egg cakes yourself. Jumbo lists a pack of chocolate egg cakes.
Bear in mind: the word ‘chocolate’ in the product name doesn’t tell you what type of chocolate is used or its cocoa percentage.
| What to consider | What to check when buying | Who is this most important for? |
|---|---|---|
| Controlling the chocolate flavour | Check whether the recipe or label lists cocoa powder, and what type of chocolate you’ll be using. | If I want a strong chocolate flavour, I’d rather choose the cocoa or dark chocolate myself than rely on a product name alone. Around 40% of consumers put this flavour choice first. |
| Keeping extra preparation to a minimum | Choose between a ready-made option, baking from scratch and a topping that requires you to melt chocolate. | When the spiced biscuits are already in the oven, I don’t want to make egg-cake batter as well. For around 30% of consumers, quick preparation matters most. |
| Ingredients and allergens | Read the current labels on both the egg cakes and the separate chocolate, including any allergen information. | I need to be able to check the ingredients in both products before using them. This is the top priority for around 30% of consumers. |
The word ‘chocolate’ in a product name doesn’t, on its own, tell you what type of chocolate is used or its cocoa percentage.
Check the ingredients and any stated cocoa percentage. If you want to choose the chocolate yourself, you can finish plain egg cakes with dark chocolate.
Albert Heijn says that online information about ingredients and allergens can change. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority explains how allergens must be listed on the labels of prepacked foods.
Before using them, read the current packaging for both the egg cakes and the chocolate, especially if you need to avoid certain allergens.
Bolletje describes its Brosse Eierkoek Kaneel as a special-offer item at Kruidvat, while Lidl lists its egg cakes as an in-store product. So check whether the variety you’re looking for is available when you do your shopping.
If you don’t want to rely on one specific type of egg cake, consider plain egg cakes and choosing your own dark chocolate separately.
Jumbo offers plain egg cakes and a pack of chocolate egg cakes. Its own recipe suggests finishing egg cakes with melted dark chocolate.
Albert Heijn offers egg cakes. A listing for chocolate-filled egg cakes doesn’t mean that variety will be available when you do your shopping.
Bolletje describes its Brosse Eierkoek Kaneel as having a milk coating and cinnamon.
ALDI lists Heerlijck Banket Free-range Egg Cakes in packs of 12 and separately offers Choceur dark chocolate.
Lidl lists Sondey Egg Cakes in a pack of 12, weighing 360 g.
Yes, you can finish plain egg cakes with dark chocolate. Jumbo suggests melted dark chocolate as a recipe tip; the egg cake itself remains plain.
24Kitchen’s recipe uses cocoa powder in the batter, along with 25 g of dark chocolate. Follow the recipe for the preparation and baking time rather than adding the quantity of chocolate without the other ingredients.
No, the name alone doesn’t tell you the cocoa percentage. Check the label if the chocolate ingredients are a deciding factor in your purchase.
Check the current labels on both packs. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority explains how allergens must be listed on labels for prepacked foods; Albert Heijn warns that online product information can change.
